POSC 20203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Nature
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Describe the ideological space and to situate different ideological views within those spaces. Baradat on liberalism v. conservatism: their differences aside, all conservatives share similar goals. Optimism about people"s ability to solve their problems through the use of reason is the keynote of liberalism. Accordingly, liberals are apt to apply reason to problems and to be confident that, if a solution can be found, it will be discovered by rational exercise, rather than by means less responsive to human will. Liberals, therefore, tend to address social difficulties with a vigor that conservatives see as meddlesome and dangerously overconfident. (20) Yes, moral equality; hence, (rough) political and economic equality (24) Maybe moral equality, but political and/or economic = no (24) The only true equality is moral equality; all other attempts at levelling lead to despair, if enforced by positive legislation. Jct: revised senate finance tax bill raises taxes on low-and moderate-income people,
